WAIHI NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13353, 6 December 1906, Page 6

WAIHI NEWS.

[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN COHRKSI'OXDKXT.]

Waihi, Wednesday. A rrßLi'c meeting in connection with the Seddon memorial fund was held on Monday. The Mayor explaned that some time ago a meeting was called for the purpose of doing something to commemorate the memory of the late Mr. Seddon, ■■and it was decided at that meeting to raise money by public subscription, 25 per cent, of the amount collected to be given to the national memorial fund, and the. balance retained by the local committee. The total amount collected was £75 lis, and the meeting would be called upon to decide the particular manner in which the money was to lie spent. The secretary of Waihi District- High School Committee wrote stating that- at the last meeting of the committee he was asked to forward to the Seddon Memorial Committee a. resolution to the' effect that the funds collected be devoted to the establishment of a technical school in Waihi. to be called the Seddon Technical and Agricultural School. Mr. Carpenter said he would support the- application. and would move that, the amount, less 25 per cent., be devoted to technical education. Mr. Foster said he would be very "'lad to see- a technical school in Waihi."but after deducting 25 per cent, for a national memorial fund there would be about £50 left, and this was altogether too small for the purpose proposed by Mr. Carpenter. He would propose that £50 be devoted to erecting three lamps, or one powerful light in the centre of Seddonstreet, about opposite the National Bank. After further discussion the resolution was carried. , , , At a special meeting of the Borough Council, the following were appointed representatives of the Council on the Hospital Board trustees The Mayor (Mr. Titos. Oilmour), the Rev. J. L. I'attullo, Messrs. D. Donaldson, J. K. Slevin. J- Foster. J. Anderson, and J. Ilurne. The funeral of the late Geo. Roxborough, who dropped dead in Slevin's auction mart on Saturday evening, took place yesterday afternoon. The Rev. J. L. Pattullo conducted the service, which was followed by a service read by the Rev. T. R. B. Wooiloxall, on behalf of the Orange. Lodge ! of Waihi, of which deceased was a member. In response to the invitation of Mr. Kenrick, manager of the Bank of New Zealand, a party of close upon 50 people journeyed to Waihi Beach headland, where mines a-re situated. The party includjed among other visitors to the i town some ex-students of Otago i University, who were in Waihi in [ connection with a reunion function. ' Amongst the party were, Mr. Gore Adams, I dhector of the Thames School of Mines, Mr. D. V. Allen, director of the Coro- } mandel School of Mines, Mr. W. Given, I and others. Strong resolutions ot protest against, the [ Waihi borough's new by-laws regulating j the width of tires have been passed by the j Katikati Road Board, the ..Tauranga, County Council, and other bodies within ! the Katikati and Tauranga districts.